The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-08

vote for the Representative or Representa-
tives of that district; provided, however,
that the requirements of being domiciled
in the Kingdom for one year Immediately
preceding the election, and of knowing
how to read and write either the Ha-
waiian, English or some European Ian
guage shall not apply to persons residing
in this Kingdom at the time of the pro-
mitigation of this Constitution, if they
shall register and vote at the first election
| which shall be held under this Constitu-
| ton.
| Article So. No person shall sit as Noble
or Representative i'll the Legislature unless
elected under and in conformity with the
| provisions of this Constitution. The prop
erty or income qualification of Representa-
tives of Mobiles and of electors of Mobiles,
may be decreased by law; and a property
or inco. e qualification of electors of Rep
resents siyes may be created and altered by
| law.
| Article 81. The Judicial power of the
King0oIn shall be vested in one Supreme
| Court, ard in such inferior Courts as the
Legislature may from time to time estab-
| lish.
Article IS. The Supreme Court shall con
sist of Chief Justice and not less than
two Associate Justices, any of whom may
/ hold the Court. The Justices of the Su-
preme Court shall hold their offices during
good behavior, subject to removal upon
| impeachment, and shall, at stated times,
| receive for their services a compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their
| Al
| that any Judge of the Supreme Court or
any other Court of Record may be re-
moved from Office on a resolution passed
by two-thirds of all the members of the
Legislature, for good cause shown to the
satisfaction of the King. The Judge
against whom the Legislature may be
| about to proceed, shall receive notice
thereof, accompanied by a copy of the
causes alleged for his removal, at least ten
days before the day on which the Legisla-
ture shall act thereon. He shall be heard
| before the Legislature.
Article c. The Judicial power shall be
divided among the Supreme Court
and the several inferior Courts of the
Kingdom in such a manner as the Legis-
! Iature may, from time to time, prescribe,
! and the tenure of office in the inferior
/ Courts of the Kingdom shall be such as
may be defined by the law creating them.
| Article 81. The Judicial power shall ex-
| tend to all cases in law and equity arising
under the Constitution and laws of this
Kingdom, and treaties made, or which
! shall be made under their authority, to all
cases affecting Public Ministers and Con-
Snlc tn oil Of Admiralty md
maritime jurisdiction.
Article 90. The Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court shall be the Chancellor of the
Kingdom; he shall be ex officio President
of the Mobiles in all cases of impeachment,
unless when impeached himself; and shall
exercise such jurisdiction in equity or
other cases as the law may confer upon
him. his decisions being subject. however,
to the revision of the Supreme Court on
appeal. Should the Chief Justice ever be
impeached, some person specially commits
stoned by the King shall be President of
the Court of Impeachment during such
trial.
Article SO. The decision of the Supreme
Court when made by a majority of the
Justices thereof, shall be final and con-
elusive upon all parties.
Article 20. The King, his Cabinet and
The Legislature shall have authority to re-
qrire the opinions of the Justices of the
Supreme Court upon important questions
of law, and upon solemn occasions.
Article II. The King appoints the JUS
tees of the Supreme Court, and all other
Judges of Courts of Record. Their salaries
are fixed by law.
Article u. No Judge or Magistrate shall
sit alone on an appeal or new trial in any
case in which he may have given previous
judgment.
Article 70. The following persons shall
not be permitted to register for voting, to
vote, or to hold Office under any depart
ment of the Government, or to sit in the
Legislature, namely: Any person who is
insane or an idiot, or any person who
shall have been convicted of any of the fol-
lowing named offenses, viz: Arson, bar
ratry, bribery, burglary, counterfeiting,
ENLIGHTENMENT, felonious branding of cat
tie, forgery, gross cheat, incest, kidnapping.
larceny, malicious burning, manslaughter
in the first degree, murder, perjury, rape,
robbery, sodomy, treason, subornation of
perjury, and malfeasance in Office, unless
he shall have been pardoned by the King
and restored to his civil rights, and by the
express terms of his pardon declared to be
eligible to offices of trust, honor and
profit.
Article ID. No officer of this Government |
shall hold any Office, or receive any salary
from any other Government or Power
whatever.
Article IS. The Legislature votes the APP
preparations biennially, after due consider
alton of the revenue and expenditure for |
the two preceding years, and the estimates
of the revenue and expenditure of the two |
succeeding years, which shall besubEaitteds !
to them by the Minister Of nance
Article 76. The. Aicting style in making
and passingAil Acts and Laws shall be,
r1'Be. Enacted by the King and the Legs !.
lteire of the Hawaiian Kingdom"
&rtjcteo77. To avoid improper influences
HIGH NAV result from intermixing one